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The Chihuahuan Desert is the largest hot desert in North America, located in the Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico. Its total area is 140,000 sq mi (360,000 km 2). The Sonoran Desert is a desert located in the Southwestern United States and northwest Mexico. It is the second largest hot desert in North America.
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "Deserts of North America" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.
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All deserts of the United States are located in North America except the Kaʻū Desert which is located in Hawaii. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
Oil is the most exploited resource within the deserts. In the North American desert most of the oil is found within the Great Basin region and this resource is non-renewable. [24] Oil is mined out of rocks and creates massive holes that disrupt the ecosystem. [25] The process with taking oil is not sustainable and this resource is scarce.
Age of the bedrock underlying North America, from red (oldest) to blue, green, yellow (newest). Seventy percent of North America is underlain by the Laurentia craton, [5] which is exposed as the Canadian Shield in much of central and eastern Canada around the Hudson Bay, and as far south as the U.S. states of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
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Printable version; In other projects ... Deserts of North America (4 C, 3 P) O. Deserts of Oceania (2 C, 1 P) S. Deserts of South America (1 C, 1 P)